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Conger Reynolds correspondence, September 1918
1918-09-18 Daphne Reynolds to Conger Reynolds Page 2
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had time until just now. Anyway, it's perfectly furiously gum-gorgeous, and we'll enjoy it wont we Belovedest? I have just written Miss Beth a perlite little note and raved about her gift enough to satisfy anyone. But it is a nice lil thing, and both "swell for stylish" and "hell-for-handsome" as my young cousin Phil says. Speaking of cousins, they are queer things. Helen is a study, and I find her very interesting as well as very aggravating at times. We are planning to have all the folks over for dinner Sunday and we were scheming yesterday about how we'd lay the table with the limited amount of silver we have. You see our stuff has not yet arrived, and I;d mos' awfully admire to have it. Mama said "Why don't you ask Ernest to occupy the host chair and serve," and I said laughingly, "Oh we couldn't show any such marked preference. that might make Fred get his back up. I'll serve." I noticed Helen listened very carefully, but I
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had time until just now. Anyway, it's perfectly furiously gum-gorgeous, and we'll enjoy it wont we Belovedest? I have just written Miss Beth a perlite little note and raved about her gift enough to satisfy anyone. But it is a nice lil thing, and both "swell for stylish" and "hell-for-handsome" as my young cousin Phil says. Speaking of cousins, they are queer things. Helen is a study, and I find her very interesting as well as very aggravating at times. We are planning to have all the folks over for dinner Sunday and we were scheming yesterday about how we'd lay the table with the limited amount of silver we have. You see our stuff has not yet arrived, and I;d mos' awfully admire to have it. Mama said "Why don't you ask Ernest to occupy the host chair and serve," and I said laughingly, "Oh we couldn't show any such marked preference. that might make Fred get his back up. I'll serve." I noticed Helen listened very carefully, but I
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